Maharaja Bir Bikram College or MBB College is a degree college of the Indian state of
Tripura
Tripura () is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a populat ...
, imparting general education in the streams of Science, Commerce and Humanities.
Established on 9 September 1947, it is the oldest college in the state of Tripura with a campus spread over . It is located approximately from the city center. The motto of the college is "Vidyayamrtamasnute" (Knowledge is the key to immortality). The college is named after former Maharaja of
Tripura State
Tripura () is a state in northeastern India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 3.67 million. It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east and by Bangladesh to the ...
,
Bir Bikram Manikya Bahadur.
History
Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Bahadur, the last king of Tripura, was the architect and founder of this college which was affiliated to
University of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta, informally known as Calcutta University (), is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Kolkata, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate c ...
. The king had planned to establish a college at Agartala as early as 1937. An area of 254 acres of land (mostly khas land and small acquired position) was earmarked for the college in the eastern part of the-then small capital town of
Agartala
Agartala (, , ) is the capital and the List of cities and towns in Tripura, largest city of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tripura, situated on the banks of Haora River, Haora/Saidra River, about east of the border ...
. It was given the name "Vidyapattan". Construction began in 1937 for which a trustee board was formed. The construction had to be abandoned when World War II broke out and the ground floor was converted into an army hospital for British Army moving to and from Burma. Maharaja Bir Bikram College (MBB College) started functioning in 1947 to meet the needs of college students who had migrated to Tripura from erstwhile East Pakistan. The-then Regent,
Kanchan Prava Devi
Maharani Kanchan Prava Devi was a queen of Tripura as the wife of Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarma, king of Tripura State. After her husband's death in 1947, she was regent of Tripura until it was merged with India in 1949.Komol Singha, M. Amarjee ...
, responded to the needs of these uprooted Bengali students and almost overnight obtained the affiliation of
Calcutta University
The University of Calcutta, informally known as Calcutta University (), is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Kolkata, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate c ...
for IA, ISC, BA and BCOM examination.
Campus
The college campus has an area of over 254 acres. This includes the college faculties and the central library.
Departments
The institute has the following departments:
*Arts group
**Bengali
**Education
**English
**Hindi
**Kokborok
**Philosophy
**Physical Education
**Psychology
**NCC
**Sanskrit
**Sociology
* Social Science group
** Geography
** Political Science
** Economics
** History
*Biological Science group
**Botany
**Environmental Science
**Human Physiology
**Zoology
* Physical Science group
**Chemistry
**IT & Computer Science
**Mathematics
**Physics
**Statistics
* Commerce group
** Commerce
References
External links
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Universities and colleges in Tripura
Colleges affiliated to Tripura University
Education in Agartala
Educational institutions established in 1947
1947 establishments in India
MBB College alumni
Colleges in Tripura